Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Idaho Timber Corporation, 322 North Oak St, CARTHAGE, ARKANSAS 71725
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping with maintenance on a waste conveyor belt in a sawmill. The conveyor started unexpectedly; the employee lost their footing and their hand contacted a pulley, which caused the amputation of the employee's left ring fingertip. The pulley was unguarded at the time.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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